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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 22 | Friday February 10, 2012
InDEX 3 · Quick Hits 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Pulitzer winner:
Clybourne Park
impresses with
sharp social
commentary.
Clawed:
The Trojans get
clobbered by
the Bears in a
75-49 loss at
the Galen
Center.
sports 12
lifestyle 5
opinion 4
weather
Sunny
hi 76
lo 52
today tomorrow
Rainy
hi 63
lo 47
STudents
By Chelsea Stone
Daily Trojan
The Center for Excellence in
Teaching hosted an event Thursday
to inform students about obtaining
research opportunities.
The event, Now You Know:
How To Get Research, featured a
presentation with details on finding
and acquiring research assistant
positions as an undergraduate,
along with a panel of students who
have participated in research.
The CET is an institution that
works closely with the Office of
the Provost to organize events and
discussions about how to improve
classroom experiences for students,
teachers and teaching assistants.
Carson Lam, a freshman
majoring in business
administration and psychology
and an undergraduate fellow for
CET, was one of the event’s hosts
and helped organize the event so
CET holds
workshop
on research
The event focused on various
undergraduate research
opportunities at the university.
| see Research, page 3 |
By Samantha Goldberg
Daily Trojan
This spring, the Dornsife Scholars Program will
honor outstanding graduating seniors who have
bridged academic achievement with concerns for
positive human impact.
The new Dornsife Scholars Program, announced
Wednesday, is named after Dornsife benefactors and
USC trustees David and Dana Dornsife. The scholarship
will recognize students with the capacity to improve
lives throughout the world. The scholarship program
is one of the first uses of the Dornsifes’ historic gift to
the university, according to Vice Dean for Academic
Programs Steven Lamy.
“It is important for the program to emphasize the
notion of making a difference in the world, because
that’s what the Dornsifes have done,” Lamy said. “They
have dedicated their lives to making the world a better
place, so we felt it was important to have that as one of
the critical aspects of this scholarship program.”
The program seeks the same caliber of students
who are recognized by current undergraduate scholars
programs, including Renaissance Scholars, Discovery
Scholars and Global Scholars, Lamy said. These
Scholars to use
academics on
global stage
The Dornsife Scholars Program is one of the first
uses of the Dornsife’s historic gift, Lamy said.
| see Scholars, page 2 |
Dornsife
By Rachel Bracker
and Amin Jazayeri
Daily Trojan
More and more students are living in the
area around campus, according to Student
Affairs, and a larger number of students are
interacting with community members each
day.
The increase in students has also meant
an increase in parties.
“The biggest complaint I get is student
parties, from community members and
the leaders representing those community
members,” said David Galaviz, executive di-rector
of local government relations for the
university.
Galaviz said the university has more than
400 partnerships with local schools, giving
USC a direct stake in the welfare of elemen-tary
and high school students nearby.
“We don’t want them being kept up late
on school nights or any night by USC stu-dent
parties,” Galaviz said. “But at the same
time, we went to college too and we want
students to be able to have some fun as
well.”
Jorge Crespo, a 51-year-old man who lives
three blocks north of campus, said students
can be disrespectful by partying.
“The parties are too loud and the streets
are very messy in the aftermath,” Crespo
said. “There should be more of an agree-ment
and understanding between both
groups.”
The Department of Public Safety has re-peatedly
said parties most often get shut
down when DPS officers receive complaints
from residents who live near students.
Galaviz said Student Affairs has been
working on a code of conduct to teach
students how to be better neighbors.
“[We’d like for] students to have a greater
understanding and greater sensitivity that
they are living in a residential community
that the university and the surrounding
community to be a part of,” Galaviz said.
“We don’t want them to just live there for
nine months and leave, though that does
happen. We want them to feel like they’re
investing in South Los Angeles and in the
history of the area.”
At the same time, families and other
long-term residents have been displaced.
In 1999, more than 90 percent of the hous-ing
on 36th Place between Vermont and
Budlong avenues served the community, ac-cording
to a survey from United Neighbors
In Defense Against Displacement of Los
Angeles. In 2009, 25 percent of housing re-mained
community-serving while the re-maining
75 percent was developed into non-university-
owned student housing.
The university assigned CSC yellow jack-ets
to the area west of Vermont Avenue for
additional security last year in response to
the larger number of students living there.
Marie Mendez, a mother of three living
four blocks from the south side of campus,
said there are more students living in the
USC neighbors complain about off-campus parties
Plans for The Village include
the addition of 4,200 beds in
university residential housing.
Community
Ralf Cheung | Daily Trojan
Community watch · About 75 percent of housing on 36th Place between Vermont
and Budlong avenues has been developed into non-university-owned student housing.
Corey Marquetti | Daily Trojan
Cheers
Guests gather in the Social Science Building for a wine tasting and lecture by Lester Little,
an emeritus professor of history and former president of the Medieval Academy of America,
on Thursday. The event was sponsored by the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture.
| see Parties, page 2 |
What should US Foreign
involvement look like?
Point/Counterpoint

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 22 | Friday February 10, 2012
InDEX 3 · Quick Hits 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Pulitzer winner:
Clybourne Park
impresses with
sharp social
commentary.
Clawed:
The Trojans get
clobbered by
the Bears in a
75-49 loss at
the Galen
Center.
sports 12
lifestyle 5
opinion 4
weather
Sunny
hi 76
lo 52
today tomorrow
Rainy
hi 63
lo 47
STudents
By Chelsea Stone
Daily Trojan
The Center for Excellence in
Teaching hosted an event Thursday
to inform students about obtaining
research opportunities.
The event, Now You Know:
How To Get Research, featured a
presentation with details on finding
and acquiring research assistant
positions as an undergraduate,
along with a panel of students who
have participated in research.
The CET is an institution that
works closely with the Office of
the Provost to organize events and
discussions about how to improve
classroom experiences for students,
teachers and teaching assistants.
Carson Lam, a freshman
majoring in business
administration and psychology
and an undergraduate fellow for
CET, was one of the event’s hosts
and helped organize the event so
CET holds
workshop
on research
The event focused on various
undergraduate research
opportunities at the university.
| see Research, page 3 |
By Samantha Goldberg
Daily Trojan
This spring, the Dornsife Scholars Program will
honor outstanding graduating seniors who have
bridged academic achievement with concerns for
positive human impact.
The new Dornsife Scholars Program, announced
Wednesday, is named after Dornsife benefactors and
USC trustees David and Dana Dornsife. The scholarship
will recognize students with the capacity to improve
lives throughout the world. The scholarship program
is one of the first uses of the Dornsifes’ historic gift to
the university, according to Vice Dean for Academic
Programs Steven Lamy.
“It is important for the program to emphasize the
notion of making a difference in the world, because
that’s what the Dornsifes have done,” Lamy said. “They
have dedicated their lives to making the world a better
place, so we felt it was important to have that as one of
the critical aspects of this scholarship program.”
The program seeks the same caliber of students
who are recognized by current undergraduate scholars
programs, including Renaissance Scholars, Discovery
Scholars and Global Scholars, Lamy said. These
Scholars to use
academics on
global stage
The Dornsife Scholars Program is one of the first
uses of the Dornsife’s historic gift, Lamy said.
| see Scholars, page 2 |
Dornsife
By Rachel Bracker
and Amin Jazayeri
Daily Trojan
More and more students are living in the
area around campus, according to Student
Affairs, and a larger number of students are
interacting with community members each
day.
The increase in students has also meant
an increase in parties.
“The biggest complaint I get is student
parties, from community members and
the leaders representing those community
members,” said David Galaviz, executive di-rector
of local government relations for the
university.
Galaviz said the university has more than
400 partnerships with local schools, giving
USC a direct stake in the welfare of elemen-tary
and high school students nearby.
“We don’t want them being kept up late
on school nights or any night by USC stu-dent
parties,” Galaviz said. “But at the same
time, we went to college too and we want
students to be able to have some fun as
well.”
Jorge Crespo, a 51-year-old man who lives
three blocks north of campus, said students
can be disrespectful by partying.
“The parties are too loud and the streets
are very messy in the aftermath,” Crespo
said. “There should be more of an agree-ment
and understanding between both
groups.”
The Department of Public Safety has re-peatedly
said parties most often get shut
down when DPS officers receive complaints
from residents who live near students.
Galaviz said Student Affairs has been
working on a code of conduct to teach
students how to be better neighbors.
“[We’d like for] students to have a greater
understanding and greater sensitivity that
they are living in a residential community
that the university and the surrounding
community to be a part of,” Galaviz said.
“We don’t want them to just live there for
nine months and leave, though that does
happen. We want them to feel like they’re
investing in South Los Angeles and in the
history of the area.”
At the same time, families and other
long-term residents have been displaced.
In 1999, more than 90 percent of the hous-ing
on 36th Place between Vermont and
Budlong avenues served the community, ac-cording
to a survey from United Neighbors
In Defense Against Displacement of Los
Angeles. In 2009, 25 percent of housing re-mained
community-serving while the re-maining
75 percent was developed into non-university-
owned student housing.
The university assigned CSC yellow jack-ets
to the area west of Vermont Avenue for
additional security last year in response to
the larger number of students living there.
Marie Mendez, a mother of three living
four blocks from the south side of campus,
said there are more students living in the
USC neighbors complain about off-campus parties
Plans for The Village include
the addition of 4,200 beds in
university residential housing.
Community
Ralf Cheung | Daily Trojan
Community watch · About 75 percent of housing on 36th Place between Vermont
and Budlong avenues has been developed into non-university-owned student housing.
Corey Marquetti | Daily Trojan
Cheers
Guests gather in the Social Science Building for a wine tasting and lecture by Lester Little,
an emeritus professor of history and former president of the Medieval Academy of America,
on Thursday. The event was sponsored by the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture.
| see Parties, page 2 |
What should US Foreign
involvement look like?
Point/Counterpoint